Android dex gives a BufferOverflowException when building

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When compiling a specific Android project  and only on my Windows machine  I get a java nio BufferOverflowException during from dex  The problem occurs both when using Eclipse and when using Ant   The output when using Ant is          dex  Pre-Dexing C  MyProject libs android-support-v4 jar - gt  android-support-v4-5f5341d3c1b10a79d7d93f9c1e64421e jar    dex  Converting compiled files and external libraries into C  MyProject bin classes dex        dx      dx  UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION      dx  java nio BufferOverflowException     dx      at java nio Buffer nextPutIndex Buffer java 499      dx      at java nio HeapByteBuffer putShort HeapByteBuffer java 296      dx      at com android dex Dex Section writeShort Dex java 818      dx      at com android dex Dex Section writeTypeList Dex java 870      dx      at com android dx merge DexMerger 3 write DexMerger java 437      dx      at com android dx merge DexMerger 3 write DexMerger java 423      dx      at com android dx merge DexMerger IdMerger mergeUnsorted DexMerger java 317      dx      at com android dx merge DexMerger mergeTypeLists DexMerger java 423      dx      at com android dx merge DexMerger mergeDexes DexMerger java 163      dx      at com android dx merge DexMerger merge DexMerger java 187      dx      at com android dx command dexer Main mergeLibraryDexBuffers Main java 439      dx      at com android dx command dexer Main runMonoDex Main java 287      dx      at com android dx command dexer Main run Main java 230      dx      at com android dx command dexer Main main Main java 199      dx      at com android dx command Main main Main java 103   BUILD FAILED C  Users Jaap android-sdks tools ant build xml 892  The following error occurred while executing this line  C  Users Jaap android-sdks tools ant build xml 894  The following error occurred while executing this line  C  Users Jaap android-sdks tools ant build xml 906  The following error occurred while executing this line  C  Users Jaap android-sdks tools ant build xml 284  null returned  2   When using Eclipse the message is shorter but similar    2013-11-01 14 29 44  APK file is not created for Project    2013-11-01 14 29 46 - Dex Loader  Unable to execute dex  java nio BufferOverflowException  Check the Eclipse log for stack trace   2013-11-01 14 29 46 - MyProject  Conversion to Dalvik format failed  Unable to execute dex  java nio BufferOverflowException  Check the Eclipse log for stack trace    Like I said  I don t have this problem on my MacBook  even though they are both upgraded to the latest versions of the Android Build tools  19 0 0

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java nio BufferOverflowException during from dex error This means you don t have the supporting API for that level hence the build fails  there are a number of ways you can fix this   Check your manifest file uses-sdk android minSdkVersion  4  and android targetSdkVersion  14   Any of the below will fix the problem -   Download the required API level  This might take time  and run your application again Quick dirty fix change your Project target in project properties to your new target target android-4 Quick clean fix  change the SdkVersion in your manifest and Clean your project to add the changes to your project properties  My favorite

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Had the same issue with target version 19 on both project properties and AndroidManifest xml with Ant   Fixed it by    Uninstalled Android SDK Build-Tools 19 0 1 Installed Android SDK Build-Tools 19 0 2   I think  Al-Kathiri-Khalid is spot on  The issue is only due to missing support for the API level in Build Tools

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None of the other solutions here worked for me after upgrading to Android Studio 0 4 0 and Gradle 1 9     I resolved the problem by downloading Build Tools 19 0 1 and updating the following line in my build gradle files   buildToolsVersion  19 0 0    to  buildToolsVersion  19 0 1

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I removed the previous Android SDK and Eclipse  I installed the ADT bundle and it works     This fixed the problem of BufferOverflow on Dex that started after I got API 19  I was previously using Eclipse with Android SDK installed as an add-on package

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I solved this problem  Just make this change in the project properties file   target android-18 sdk build tools 18 1 1   And in the manifest file   uses-sdk android minSdkVersion  8  android targetSdkVersion  18

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Right click on Project  Properties  Android and select API Level greater than 15  OR   Add google-play-services lib to your project by right clicking on project and selecting Project  Properties  Android  Add

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I had the same problem  though my project did not use the support library  Adding  libs android-support-v4 jar to the project worked around the problem without needing to revert the build tools back from v19

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Try what van said   Right click your project  rarr  android tools  rarr  android support library   Hope this helps

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Add the Library file in project       Project- right click- Properties- android- Library-  click Add and select the Library Project  and give apply and ok      then  clean the project and run again   if you want restart the eclipse    And also  sometimes  need to update Android SDK build tools

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No need to downgrade the build tools back to 18 1 11  this issue is fixed with build tools 19 0 1   If you can t use 19 0 1 for some reason then   Make sure that the value of android targetSdkVersion in AndroidManifest xml matches target android- lt value gt  in project properties  If these two values are not the same  building with build tools version 19 0 0 will end in the BufferOverflowException  Source  There is also some indication from comments on this post that you need to target at least 19  android-19   Please leave a comment if this solution also works if your target is  lt  19   This is how the fix looks for my project  The related AOSP issue is  61710   1 If you really need to downgrade  you don t need to uninstall build tools 19 0 0  simply install 18 1 1 and add sdk buildtools 18 1 1 to the local properties file

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Same problem here  Reverted to build tools 18 1 1  restarted Eclipse and that fixed it

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I was able to get my problem project to build by adding this extra line   sdk build tools 18 1 1      to my project properties file  which is present in the root of the project folder   All other approaches seemed to fail for me

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I fixed this problem without downloading the support library or reverting the build tools to 18 1 1  I simply changed the API level to 16  and the problem vanished  Hope it will help

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For the ones facing issue with IntelliJ IDEA 13  uninstall Build Tools 19

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After the installation of the new SDK  there is a new folder   Android Dependencies   under your project file  If you right click and remove it from the build path  you will again be able to build your project

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Right click on project    Properties    Android    API Level 18 worked for me  But before I did that I did right click on project    Android Tools    Add Support Library and restarted Eclipse  You may have to play around with your selected API level

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I had the same problem after updating to Revision 19  Just do not forget to update ADT  https   dl-ssl google com android eclipse   After this  I was able to build project with the latest revision

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What worked for me was this   I opened the project properties file from the root of my project and changed target android-8 to target android-17

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Update  right click your project  gt  android tools  gt  android support library  Clean your project and try to built

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